Herman's Hermits on Tour (also called Their Second Album! Herman's Hermits on Tour) is the second US album by the English pop rock group Herman's Hermits. It was released by MGM Records in June 1965.
Reception
Billboard magazine reviewed the album saying "The current hot British group performs numbers they offered during their recent concert tour of the U.S. Included are their singles hits", noting that "In addition to the rockers, Herman displays much warmth sensitive reading of 'The End of the World'."Billboard magazine, "Album Reviews" page 56, June 12 1965
Joe Viglione on AllMusic called the album a "highly listenable album created in a day when albums were secondary to hits." In his long review he would add that "The genius of Mickey Most is that he packs the punch into all these songs in a solitary moment - every one of them clocks in at three minutes and under. "Silhouettes" is three seconds shy of two minutes, "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" an amazingly succinct one minute and 49 seconds. These are short little pop blasts - you could really fit the 26 minutes on one side of a long-player - and the young Peter Noone brings each melody home."
Chart performance
Billboard also called the album a "A chart buster LP", and that it was. On the Billboard Top LPs chart, the album peaked at number 2 during a thirty-nine-week run. The album debuted on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums in the issue dated 19 June 1965, peaking at No. 2 during a thirty-four-week run on the chart. On 31 August 1965, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA.
Track listing
Personnel Herman's Hermits Peter Noone – vocals Derek Leckenby – lead guitar Keith Hopwood – rhythm guitar Karl Green – bass Barry Whitwam – drums
Technical Mickie Most – producer Val Valentin – engineer Michael Malatak – design Jim Spanfeller – cover drawing
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